FIRSTEDITION.XYZ Issue #7 [12 works by Dmitri Cherniak]

Ringers are a generative algorithm that winds a string around pegs.

Feb 06, 2021

Dmitri Cherniak was encouraged to mint his first NFT by FIRSTEDITION.XYZ founder Jake Brukhman. That original work, “I am but a vessel” is in the FIRSTEDITION.XYZ collection today. About two years, later Dmitri has used artblocks.io to tokenize a large series of generative works from a single algorithm, called Ringers.

There are an almost infinite number of ways to wrap a string around a set of pegs. On the surface it may seem like a simple concept but prepare to be surprised and delighted at the variety of combinations the algorithm can produce. Each output from 'Ringers' is derived from a unique transaction hash and generated in Javascript in the browser. Feature variations include peg count, sizing, layout, wrap orientation, and a few colorful flourishes for good measure.

Ringers are visually stunning, structurally complex, and hold a lot of secrets and rarities, such as body fill, shrunken pegs, and minimal mechanisms. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do collecting them in wonder.